Comments on 'Into The Storm'Simon entered the storm at a run, just as the Apocalypse vanished. A stroke of lightning brighter than the surface of the sun flashed towards him, but Simon showed it what he'd written on his hand with a Sharpie he carried, right after War had left him.
The lightning bolt didn't like it, and struck something else instead.
He muttered the _Saying Of The Kestrel_ while sticking his fingers out and curling them like a bird-of-prey's talons, and he was airborne, buffeted sideways on the wind until he told it the _15th Secret Of Xun Zhihui_ and now that wind _liked_ him, lifted him and cradled him and told the other winds -Simone- had wrought to stop bothering them, Simon was _his_.
He was over and in front of the demon he'd wrought. She was on her knees, holding herself, curled like a supplicant.She snapped her head up and snarled.
"You can go home peacefully, you gorram bitch, or I can send you home the hard way."
"Fuck you," she spat. "I'm your fucking god, now. Your soul is mine."2007-10-15T19:21:44Zhttp://ficlets.com/feed/story/11440Comment on Into The Storm<p>I was impressed by the closing dialogue. That was quite an exchange.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/11440?basename=176872007-10-15T19:21:44ZAlexa ♥http://ficlets.com/authors/alexa1018Comment on Into The Storm<p>Excellent work, Howie. I have likewise always had trouble with writing the magic part, but you got it nailed down.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/11440?basename=175552007-10-14T23:21:14ZNickhttp://ficlets.com/authors/white1975Comment on Into The Storm<p>I love your take on Simon’s magic. It’s something I’ve always struggled with: how do you make the oftentimes dry rituals of ceremonial magick and make them as exciting as a Doctor Strange, and make it feel <em>real</em> at the same time? You’ve got writing magic down pat, Howie.<br />And I swear you’re reading my mind; that Sharpie on the hand trick was something I thought of as well, but never got a chance to fit it in somewhere. Excellent work.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/11440?basename=175122007-10-14T17:39:58ZCrown Me Tarzan, King of Marshttp://ficlets.com/authors/user_605